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Drink Drivers **rant**
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Right, I have just finished work in a pub. Today has been a fun day for a local call centre held in our pub. There has been games, kareoke and things since 11am this morning.
This lady, who seemed very nice and plesant has been in the pub since midday with her kids. Now I must have served her 5/6 rum & cokes and god knows how many other drinks the other staff have served. Anyway midnight came around and she and her kids left the pub.
Now the bar staff didnt have a clue but the DJ's wife who was in the car park recognised the women, saw her drive her and her children home whilst shitfaced. The kids didnt want to get in the car, as they clearly knew mummy was drunk, but had little other option.
It really fucks me off people like this. Why on earth couldnt she have got a taxi? She must have spent the best part of £100 on drinks tonight.
There is a grey area in drink driving, which is around the 1/2 pint level, at this level you kind of think, am I drunk ? and can I drive home? But this woman was way way off that scale. I cant understand why anyone would risk driving home in that state.
I really hope she doesnt have an accident for the sake of the children and other innocent drivers. But part of me wishes the police would pull her over on the way home. :thumb:
This lady, who seemed very nice and plesant has been in the pub since midday with her kids. Now I must have served her 5/6 rum & cokes and god knows how many other drinks the other staff have served. Anyway midnight came around and she and her kids left the pub.
Now the bar staff didnt have a clue but the DJ's wife who was in the car park recognised the women, saw her drive her and her children home whilst shitfaced. The kids didnt want to get in the car, as they clearly knew mummy was drunk, but had little other option.
It really fucks me off people like this. Why on earth couldnt she have got a taxi? She must have spent the best part of £100 on drinks tonight.
There is a grey area in drink driving, which is around the 1/2 pint level, at this level you kind of think, am I drunk ? and can I drive home? But this woman was way way off that scale. I cant understand why anyone would risk driving home in that state.
I really hope she doesnt have an accident for the sake of the children and other innocent drivers. But part of me wishes the police would pull her over on the way home. :thumb:
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:yes: For the sake of her kids and those unfortunate enough to meet her on the road.
I've never heard of this. Who is it you report people like these to? is it just the police?
:yes: you can get reward money for it too
The police would actually have to catch her, I doubt a witness statement by you a long time after the event would carry significant weight in court for them to pursue.
Reporting her wont do much unless they catch her. But if its unready on reacord and she does get caught its not a good sign. Why people drink drive is beyond me. I know cases where people have caught doing it, have been charged with every possible driving violation, lost jobs and have narrowly escaped jail for repeat offeding.
Almost every night at the pub just down the road from me, from 7pm, a dozen cars come down and take up all the parking spaces on the street, and often its not until gone 11 that i can find room to park my car, meaning that for 4 hours cars are driving down purely to go to this pub, a number of the cars remain there from 7 till 11+.
I know not all of them will be drinking and driving, but i'm not so naive to think that not one of them will be regularly driving over the limit.
Its disguisting, might have to ring crimestoppers myself... £1000 would come in handy...
I wouldnt even bother warning her. If she is smart enough to drive, she is smart enough to know that driving over the limit is illegal and that she is putting the life of her children and other innocent people at risk.
I would categorically have NO hesitation in grassing a drunk driver.
It's not as simple as that ... the expense of clearing up afterwards can run into many hundreds of thousands. The drink driver's life? I feel f*ck all. The tax payer's money spent on sh*te like this? What a waste!